Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-19
CROP REPORT.

Tie state department OF Agriculture
to-day made up the last crop report for
the present wear 1t differs from others
in that special Information was sought
and obtained in regard IL the yield OF
certain crops and the exact condition Of
preparation for the proposed crops Of
the rcxt season.
The information thus gathered is par
ticu.ariy encouraging, and there Is an
uuuIsekab.c awakening among the
farmers of the State. coupled with a
desire for mower and better methods of
farming.
AS % cotton, the average estimated
yield Of lint per acre ia tine State at
large is 80 pounds. Ia some sections
the figures are greatly in excess, and in
other, mach below these figures. ITen-
ty-twc per cent. of the crop remains I'M
picked. Special inquiry was made as to
the average estimated Yield of tobacco
pcracra. and il is found to toe l94 pounds,
while the average price received 10y the
farmer, j. given as l0i cents per pound.
The sorghum crop Is reported by all
correspondents 10 be a profitable one
4A' lNt f'.i Do. &c AiAl4n tAkAtA AfNNlAA w.
q hundred and fifty gallons, and the
average is sercuty-seyen. This proves
the value of the crop, for which thirty
five cents per gallon is readily obtained
The preparations for the next crop OF
wheat have been OF an exceptional
character iu most parts of the State. The
indications ail pointed TO an increased
acreage. lut the heavy and long-con-
tuuea rains in late October and early
November have occasioucd much delay
IN many parts of the State and have also
tended to reduce the acreage. Yet the
majority Of the reports, particularly IN
the Piedmont section, indicate an in
creased acreage, with about one third OF
the crop OF winter wheat now III the
ground.
As to the crop Of oats the same re-
marks apply as 70 wheat, save that the
prospect is somewhat brighter.
There is great unanimity in report
ing the prospects for increased acreage
of grasses md clover, and nearly all the
reports say that there viii be a larger
seeding this season. The turnip and
pea crop are large and important. The
latter is the largest ever grown.
Special preparations areln progress for
the fair at Siler, Chatham county.
December lst aud %. BY an oversight
II was stated that the Rocky Mount Fair
(which closed to-day was the last OF this
seasons fairs, whereas the one at Silor
is entitled t. that honor. Ii is the first
ever held there, and the people are very
enthusiastic about it. EX-Congressman
4. VI. Waldcll has been invited to be-
present and deliver the address. Senator
Vance is also invited to speak, while
Colonel l.. l.. Polk will address the
farmers There viii be q reunion Of
Confederate veterans OF the upper Cape
IeIr section. Siler is new town on the
Cape-Fcar and YsdAin-Falley railway,
but It's people are full Of Eie and the
place is rapidly growing. The Farmers
Club will attend this fair in strong
force, il is sud.
u is said th1t Captain S. b. Alexen
der, of Mecaenburg county. will be put
forward 10y tine farmers as their fayorte
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
crnOr. The farmers organ SAYS, very
plainly " Hc VIII be sustained by such
an enthusiasm End such vote as have
not been seen in this State IN many Il
day, provided the farmers and business
men OF the State can have a voice il the
matter" That is quite Il significant
utterance.
The North Carolina and Yirginia Con-
ference OF tine Christian Church, which
is in session at New Elmm church, at
Merry Oaks, Chatham county, will adj
joum tomorrow Practically it ended
to-day.
Mr. John T. Patrick, Commissioner of
Immigration, who is so active in de
vcloping tine States industries. is par
ticulariy pleased with the outlook Tor
the satisfactory at WsdesborJ. IL is to
be completed by the middle of Febru-
AIRY.
The interruption to small grain SOW
ing which the rains and wet weather
have caused is being 10 some degree /
made good. The farmers are busy.
Not q great deal OF small grain Is yet in .
the ground. i fortnight OF favorable /
weather would be great blessing Just |
at tins time
Commercial people who are travelling /
through the State report that they hud I
money matters easier and the general /
condition better than in six or /
seven years past They unite in paving 1
Moth Carolina a special compliment by .
saying that in no State in the Union IS |
there less loss on sales, and that in none /
is the proportion of collection higher. /
The r,sul; is that the States credit /
stands yely high indeed.
Fuller hansley, an escaped convict, /
has been captured az Wilmington, and /
was returned 10 the penltentiary to-day /
TO serve out an eighteen mouths sen.
tence.
s number of negroes have organized .
q cooperative society at Wilmington, and
have purchased an extensive rice planta-
ton near there on the cooperative plan.
II is the first instance of the sort in this
STATE
News was received from Charlotte to-
day OF the escape Of eleven prisoners
from the Jail there. They cut through
three walls with "a bar OF iron. Some of /
the men are pretty desperate fellows, and
with death prisoner who re-
fused 10 escape and threatened to give
the alarm.
Green Sarmtt, Jr., and Logan Gibson
have been tried in Cleveland county on
q charge of arson and burglary, and af- .